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    How to report non-consensual imagery on reddit.com

    Intimate images published without consent are reportable on reddit.com through a route that does not require owning the copyright. That matters because the person harmed often did not take the photograph. The route is free, available immediately, and separate from any copyright claim.

    Left up, 40 exposed copies work out to an estimated $234 a month in diverted subscriptions. Estimate, not a measurement: it assumes 0.45 diverted subscribers per exposed post at an average subscription price of $12.99. Your number depends on your pricing and audience.

    Removal route for reddit.com

    Resolved live · no account · nothing uploaded

    A notice for reddit.com goes to a curated route openDMCA already holds.

    1. 1 · Curated host route — resolves. https://www.reddit.com/report?reason=impersonation — host_handlers seed row in supabase/migrations/20260607182000_anonymize_and_impersonation.sql.
    2. 2 · RDAP abuse contact — resolves. abusecomplaints@markmonitor.com — the registrar's abuse desk, not reddit.com itself. Probed 2026-09-04.
    3. 3 · Fallback address — not needed. Not needed — an earlier rung resolved.
    4. 4 · Network and search — runs next. Cloudflare detection over DNS-over-HTTPS, then Google and Bing delisting of every indexed reddit.com URL.

    What happens to what you type: nothing. The domain is matched against openDMCA's routing table in your browser. No request is made to reddit.com, no page is fetched, and the text is not stored or sent anywhere.

    Every removal route on this page is also listed on the reddit.com removal hub.

    Removal route demo for reddit.com, ncii job.

    Step by step

    1. Use the free route now. Report the reddit.com item today through the platform's own process. It costs nothing, requires no service, and does not wait on establishing who owns the material.
    2. Record the permalinks and the date first. Save the reddit.com permalinks before reporting. Items disappear and reappear, and a follow-up weeks later needs the same detail the first report had.
    3. Add the copyright route where it applies. If you made the material, the copyright route is available in addition and reaches a different process. Using one does not exclude the other.
    4. File search delisting through the personal-imagery route. Search engines run a personal-imagery removal request that does not require copyright ownership. Where a reddit.com permalink returns for your name, that request applies.
    5. Get support rather than handling it alone. Organisations exist specifically to help with non-consensual imagery, at no cost. Using them is not a lesser option than paying a service, and openDMCA says so rather than routing an urgent case through a checkout.

    Which route fits a non-consensual case on reddit.com

    The copyright route asks who owns the work; the personal-imagery route asks whether the person depicted consented to publication. A case can qualify for the second and fail the first, which is the situation for anyone whose images were taken by someone else.

    openDMCA files copyright notices and search delisting requests through whichever route applies. It does not submit to hash-matching networks, because that capability is gated on a partner credential that is not enabled, and claiming a route a creator cannot actually use would be worse than saying so.

    openDMCA gives the first two hops away: you can open the non-copyright route explained and run it on a URL of your own, with no account and nothing uploaded.

    One thing that catches people out on reddit.com

    The personal-imagery removal request at the search engines and the platform report on reddit.com both work without any copyright claim, which means a creator whose photographs were taken by someone else has a full route available that a copyright-only service cannot file for her at all. Ownership and consent are different questions, and only one of them is about a work.

    Frequently asked questions

    I did not take the photos. Can I still report them?

    Yes. The non-consensual imagery route depends on consent rather than ownership, which is exactly the case where a copyright notice does not work.

    Does this cost anything?

    No. The platform report and the search engines' personal-imagery requests are free. openDMCA states that plainly rather than putting an urgent route behind a payment.

    Is this legal advice?

    No. This describes the reporting routes that exist and how they differ. For advice about your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer or a support organisation.

    Work out whether the copyright route or the NCII route fits — free, no account.